Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 66 90
Rank change year-on-year +44 +24 +40
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 177 56 38
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.07% 3.05% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.20% 3.32% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 36 28
10th Percentile £413 £459 £471
25th Percentile £472 £503 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £680
90th Percentile £794 £800 £783
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,735 1,687 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.88% 91.78% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,030 1,509
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.34 £31.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.25 £38.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% +18.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £46.29 £48.75 £45.52
90th Percentile £55.54 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (8.47%) Confluence
2 7 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (6.21%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.13%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.13%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.90%) Azure
2 20 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.60%) AWS
4 12 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.65%) GCP
6 9 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.26%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.26%) Serverless
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.69%) GitHub
9 3 (1.69%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.69%) IaaS
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.69%) SaaS
9 3 (1.69%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.13%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.82%) Firewall
2 4 (2.26%) Network Security
2 4 (2.26%) VPN
3 3 (1.69%) DHCP
3 3 (1.69%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.56%) NAS
4 1 (0.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.47%) Power BI
2 6 (3.39%) Tableau
3 5 (2.82%) Metadata
4 4 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.69%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.69%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.13%) Looker
6 2 (1.13%) MySQL
6 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.56%) Informix
7 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (16.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.56%) ERwin
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (45.76%) Finance
2 77 (43.50%) Social Skills
3 42 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (16.38%) Banking
5 17 (9.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.95%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.39%) Front Office
8 6 (3.39%) Legal
9 5 (2.82%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Aviation
11 3 (1.69%) Marketing
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.13%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (27.68%) Analyst
2 34 (19.21%) Business Analyst
3 23 (12.99%) Senior
4 20 (11.30%) Lead
4 20 (11.30%) Project Manager
5 19 (10.73%) Architect
6 12 (6.78%) Consultant
7 10 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.52%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.52%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.95%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Banking Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Cloud Architect
11 5 (2.82%) Data Business Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Payments Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Payments Business Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
11 5 (2.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.82%) LangChain
2 4 (2.26%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.69%) REST
4 2 (1.13%) .NET
4 2 (1.13%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.13%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.56%) A2A Protocol
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) Kafka
5 1 (0.56%) Middleware
5 1 (0.56%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.56%) Next.js
5 1 (0.56%) Pandas
5 1 (0.56%) Playwright
5 1 (0.56%) React
5 1 (0.56%) SAML
5 1 (0.56%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.56%) Spring
5 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.47%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.91%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.65%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.39%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.26%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.69%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.69%) PMI
8 2 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.13%) Derivative
8 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Windows
2 4 (2.26%) Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.94%) Agile
2 35 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (16.38%) DevOps
5 29 (16.38%) Migration
6 28 (15.82%) Project Management
7 27 (15.25%) Analytics
8 26 (14.69%) Decision-Making
9 24 (13.56%) Risk Management
9 24 (13.56%) Workshop Facilitation
10 22 (12.43%) Project Delivery
11 21 (11.86%) AI
11 21 (11.86%) Change Management
12 20 (11.30%) Requirements Gathering
13 19 (10.73%) Business Analysis
13 19 (10.73%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (10.17%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (9.60%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.17%) SQL
2 10 (5.65%) Python
3 7 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.39%) Java
5 3 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.13%) C#
6 2 (1.13%) Korn
7 1 (0.56%) C++
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.56%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.56%) R
7 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (14.69%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.73%) Degree
4 8 (4.52%) PMI Certification
4 8 (4.52%) PMP
5 5 (2.82%) CBAP
5 5 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.69%) APMG
7 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.69%) CISSP
8 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.13%) CFA
8 2 (1.13%) CISM
8 2 (1.13%) ISEB
8 2 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.17%) QA
2 16 (9.04%) Data Quality
3 13 (7.34%) GDPR
4 11 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.95%) NIST
6 6 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.82%) GRC
7 5 (2.82%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.82%) PMO
7 5 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (2.26%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.26%) Solvency II
9 3 (1.69%) ISO 20022
10 2 (1.13%) COBIT
10 2 (1.13%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.13%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.56%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (4.52%) Terraform
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.56%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.56%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.56%) vMotion
Vendors
1 36 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.47%) SAP
3 10 (5.65%) Oracle
3 10 (5.65%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.52%) Databricks
5 7 (3.95%) Google
6 4 (2.26%) CyberArk
6 4 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.69%) Charles River
7 3 (1.69%) Informatica
7 3 (1.69%) VMware
8 2 (1.13%) Ariba
8 2 (1.13%) Guidewire
8 2 (1.13%) Remedy
8 2 (1.13%) Talend
8 2 (1.13%) Workday
9 1 (0.56%) Avature
9 1 (0.56%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.56%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.56%) Sparx